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λοιβή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λοιβή

Structure: λοιβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: lei/bw

Sense

  1. a drink-offering

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λοιβή λοιβᾱ́ λοιβαί
Genitive λοιβῆς λοιβαῖν λοιβῶν
Dative λοιβῇ λοιβαῖν λοιβαῖς
Accusative λοιβήν λοιβᾱ́ λοιβᾱ́ς
Vocative λοιβή λοιβᾱ́ λοιβαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "εἰκότωσ οὖν ὁ Εὐριπίδησ, εἶπε λοιβαὶ νεκύων φθιμένων ἀοιδαί, τὰσ χρυσοκόμα Ἀπόλλων οὐκ ἐνδέχεται. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 2112)
  • μέλεα παιδὸσ ἐν οἴκοισ κεῖται μνήματα, πένθιμοι κουραὶ καὶ στέφανοι κόμασ, <λοιβαί τε νεκύων φθιμένων,> ἀοιδαί θ’ ἃσ χρυσοκόμασ Ἀπόλλων οὐκ ἐνδέχεται· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, epode2)

Synonyms

  1. a drink-offering

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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